St Clair County Farm Bureau

“Bcbs service revenue 10,257 farm bureau ins. Promotion 3,136 bcbs promotional reimburse 3,135 total 16,528”

“Expenses office supplies 207 telephone 1,562 business charges 20 insurance 946 field communications 1,568 promotion 1,296 farm bureau ins promotion 638 bcbs promotion 3,971 contributions 550 organization 6,449 program 3,084 total 20,291”

“Prior period adjustment - eliminate 0 unrealized gain to report cost basis -1,508”

“Farm bureau is a free independent, non-governmental, voluntary organization of farm families united for the purpose of analyzing their problems and formulating action to achieve educational improvement, economic opportunity, and social advancement and thereby promote national welfare. Farm bureau is local, statewide, national and international in its scope and influence and is non-partisan, non-sectarian, and non-secret in character.”

“Public policy - using a grass roots philosophy, volunteer members formulate current and emerging agricultural issues into areas of interest. Membership, with a unified voice, provides direction to the state organization. The state-wide organization then develops a local, state & national level strategy.”

“Article iii, section 1 of the bylaws was amended to include the following: (a) the county shall be divided into three (3) geographic districts, constituted as follows: district 1 - lynn, brockway, mussey, emmett, berlin, riley district 2 - greenwood, grant, kenockee, clyde, fort gratiot, wales, kimball, port huron district 3 - columbus, st. Clair, casco, china, ira, cottreville, clay such districts must have a minimum of one hundred (100) members in order to be eligible to nominate a candidate for district director. The board of directors shall redistrict townships at any time when the membership of a district falls below one hundred (100), and it shall also redistrict at any time changes in membership require more equitable distribution. Each district that qualifies shall be entitled to have one said board of directors, one (1) person elected from said respective district. Such director shall be known as a district director and shall be elected for a term of three (3) years. (b) three (3) directors shall be elected at-large to serve (3) year terms.”